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Atopic dermatitis, extrinsic atopic dermatitis and the hygiene hypothesis: results from a cross-sectional study.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Oct 2005
Zutavern A, Hirsch T, Leupold W, Weiland S, Keil U, von Mutius E
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BACKGROUND: Atopic Dermatitis (AD), hayfever and asthma are commonly summarized as atopic diseases. The spatial distribution of AD differs from that of asthma and hayfever, suggesting that AD might follow a different risk pattern than these diseases. AD can be differentiated into an allergic extrinsic form (EAD) and a non-allergic intrinsic form (IAD). Only EAD might follow the distribution and risk pattern that...
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